Example sentences of "[noun] for scotland " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alex Salmond , Margaret Ewing and Andrew Welsh , you can be sure , will have weighed up carefully the predictable uproar and have decided that the obtaining , with only three votes , of such a sensible and important concession for Scotland from the Government is , in fact , a considerable achievement . |
| 2 | Self-government for Scotland was given the thumbs-down by the Scottish business community , with more than 60 per cent of respondents saying that it would have a detrimental effect on business , while only 10 per cent thought there would be some advantage . |
| 3 | One of the important issues that would have to be addressed in any new constitutional settlement for Scotland would be the funding arrangements of Scotland within the United Kingdom . |
| 4 | My Bill would establish a new constitutional settlement for Scotland , create a Parliament with a fixed four-year term , provide for elections by a system of proportional representation , establish a Bill of Rights , create the office of ombudsman , give to the Parliament revenue-raising responsibility , entrench these arrangements in such a way that they could not be changed without the consent of both the Westminster and Scottish Parliaments and provide that all Scottish domestic affairs should be the responsibility of a Parliament sitting in Edinburgh , reserving foreign affairs , defence and large-scale economics to Westminster . |
| 5 | He asserted that the spread of home and shares ownership was causing an enterprise culture to take root in which more indigenous companies will spring up , creating the opportunity for Scotland to become a headquarters rather than a branch economy . |
| 6 | That , Mr Sampson said , gave rise for concern with a 15.7 per cent increase during the year , which compares with a 14 per cent rise for Scotland as a whole . |
| 7 | Following assessment and successful completion of a period of consolidation the nurse is then encouraged to proceed into a two part professional studies programme which leads to the National Board for Scotland Diploma in Professional Studies . |
| 8 | In1984 he became secretary to the Museum Advisory Board for Scotland , then worked with Robert Anderson , now director of the British Museum , at the National Museums of Scotland before before being put in charge of Museums and Finance at the Office of Arts and Libraries . |
| 9 | Mortensen was the captain of a Norwegian trawler charged with illegal trawl fishing in waters within the Moray Firth contrary to a bye-law made by the Fishery Board for Scotland under s. 7 of the Herring Fishery ( Scotland ) Act 1889 . |
| 10 | The Scottish version of the book is being used for food hygiene courses by The Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland and The Health Education Board for Scotland . |
| 11 | Although a number of different agencies were contacted by schools for support and guidance in the area of health education , the Health Education Board for Scotland ( HEBS ) and the various area health boards seem to have a particularly relevant role to play . |
| 12 | Wait to hear re Bank ( ie if any i/view ) , and ditto Health Education Board for Scotland , Common Purpose ( a fascinating organisation about which you may have read in the papers ) , the Scottish Rugby Union ( ! ) and some others . |
| 13 | Financial provision for the Erskine bridge is contained within the overall trunk road provision for Scotland . |
| 14 | In answer to a question from me , he suggested that the Bill affected all areas of the United Kingdom in the same way , with additional provision for Scotland in clause 17 . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , I had joined the Home Civil Service in the Department of Agriculture for Scotland at St Andrew 's House . |
| 16 | My immediate superior in the Department of Agriculture for Scotland , George S — , was openly hostile to the two women graduates in his section , but especially so to me . |
| 17 | for example , the Department of Agriculture for Scotland ( DAFS ) estimated there to be 75,000 people working in agriculture in Scotland in 1976 , but the Department of Employment data for the same year revealed only 33,000 people , or just 44 per cent of the DAFS total . |
| 18 | As effective leader of the Scottish Labour Party , he has to weld that frequently fissiparous organisation together , to set his stamp on its policies for Scotland , and to campaign against the Government , adopting a high profile for himself and the opposition . |
| 19 | ABOUT 1.4 million payment notices for the final 70p instalment for Scotland 's two privatised electricity companies Scottish Hydro-Electric and ScottishPower were sent out yesterday . |
| 20 | The races on both days resulted in wins for Scotland . |
| 21 | The Prime Minister has repeated his plea for Scotland to remain in the United Kingdom warning that independence would lead to bitterness and chaos . |
| 22 | They suggest that in previous eras BBC Scotland got what was in essence a block grant from London in respect of costs of making programmes for Scotland . |
| 23 | The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities ' education committee opted not to continue the support it gave when the Government withdrew funding for Scotland 's only adult residential college in 1988 . |
| 24 | From the beginning , the match was a struggle for Scotland . |
| 25 | A Highland conflict that could spill over into war The struggle for Scotland 's biggest council area is intensifying . |
| 26 | I said that we would be taking stock , and I meant precisely that — taking stock on the basis of an increased vote in Scotland , on the basis of more Members of Parliament for Scotland and on ways of seeking to increase the strength of the Union . |
| 27 | If after the next election there is a clear majority of Members committed to reforming the United Kingdom and creating a Parliament for Scotland within the United Kingdom , will the Conservative party accept the verdict of the people of Scotland ? |
| 28 | Its proposed parliament for Scotland , whatever its structure or method of election , is bound to be a subsidiary organ to Westminster because Labour members are unionists . |
| 29 | On the livestock side Stuart Ashworth warned that beef producers should brace themselves for a cut in the Beef Special Premium ‘ the base for Scotland is 244,000 male animals but there will be at least 300,000 head this year so we can anticipate a cut of somewhere in the region of 20-25 per cent in BSP payments . |
| 30 | In 1971 , Kenny Dalglish made his international debut for Scotland . |